I typed this as a reply to someone who asked about the value of BR, and figured I'd put it out here too. Let me know if it helps, or if there are things I could do to improve! For some extra context, I'm 27, studying while working full time. 170 average, trending to 174, test in Sep.

Detail on my exact review process below, but here's the core idea: your goal is to answer every question correctly and under time during the actual test, since you're fighting the clock as much as the questions themselves. A recommended BR question almost always means you missed that goal somewhere, whether you got it wrong, weren't confident, or were just too slow, so being quick and accurate enough to leave yourself time to return to flagged questions and BR them live on test day is what actually converts extra time into points. Review exists to figure out why you missed the mark on a given question so you don't miss it for the same reason again, and while you won't hit this goal on every question, a 170 is achievable if you keep pursuing it.

1. Blind Review

Reanswer each question first. Why each category matters:

• Incorrect: self-explanatory.

• Flagged: You weren't confident/didn't answer on your first pass. Flagging and revisiting a few questions is fine, but each flag costs you time at the end that you may not have.

• Changed answer: you landed on the right answer, but your first instinct was wrong. That's a gap to close, and it burns time.

• Spent too long: right answer, but too slow. Needs to get faster.

• Answered too quickly: rare, low value to review, but quick enough that it's not worth skipping.

2. After BR

I log question numbers by category (writing it down as clicking in and out of the section for this info is annoying):

• Wrong answer either timed or BR: marked with an x (1x means missed Q1). I read/watch the explanation, then write in the 7Sage notes thing why I got it wrong, what I missed, what confused me etc. I rarely revisit these notes, but writing them helps focus the lesson/gap.

• Spent over +30 seconds: marked with a T. I review as needed to figure out why it took too long, and leave a short note on how to improve timing

• Flagged: quick pass only, I dig deeper on maybe 25% of these.

3. After the study session

I write down 1-2 recurring mistakes and reread the list before every session. This surfaces patterns you keep repeating, usually simple fixes that just need reinforcing.

Example: "With two close answers, proactively break each into pieces and test against the prompt/passage." I noticed I was picking the wrong one of two finalists because I skipped this step. Once I focused on it, that specific weakness improved.